MOUNT HOLLY - A Trenton man has received a 20-year prison term for shooting two men at a Veterans of Foreign War hall in Willingboro.

Brandon Washington, 34, opened fire on two security guards who had escorted him from VFW Post 4914 in February 2017, said the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

One victim, 56-year-old William Matthews Jr., was shot in the head outside the post on Creekview Road. The other, 67-year-old Edgar M. Peterson, was shot in the arm.

Both men survived.

Brandon Washington of Trenton(Photo: Photo provided)

“One of these victims served our country in the Vietnam War,” Prosecutor Scott Coffina noted. "To think that he made it home safely and years later could have been killed by this defendant’s hot-headed actions should infuriate law-abiding members of the public.”